NAMM 2016: Washburn release Parallaxe Solar Ola England Signature Series guitars

Washburn Parallaxe Guitar Wall at NAMM 2016  ·  Source: https://www.facebook.com/Washburn-Parallaxe-Guitars-503629793005757/

Washburn Parallaxe Guitars. Extreme metal!  ·  Source: https://www.facebook.com/Washburn-Parallaxe-Guitars-503629793005757/

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Washburn release a range of high performance modern metal guitars in conjunction with Ola England as part of his signature range. The series consists of some serious looking V-shaped instruments featuring custom made Duncan Solar pickups and high performance EverTune, Tune-o-matic or Floyd Rose Special bridges. Most of the other features are shared across the range:

• The Washburn PX-SOLARV16ETC has an EverTune bridge, 25½“ scale length, mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, Buzz Feiten Tuning System, full access neck, Super Jumbo frets, Grover 18:1 tuners, Duncan Solar pickups (custom made for the Solar series), 3 way toggle switch and coil cut.
• Washburn’s Solar V series PX-SOLARV160FRWHM also has a 25 ½ “ scale length, mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, Buzz Feiten Tuning System, full access neck and Super Jumbo frets, as well as Floyd Rose Special vibrato, Grover 18:1 tuners, Duncan Solar pickups, a 3 way toggle switch and coil cut.
• PX-SOLARV170C is the first 7-string V in the Parallaxe Solar Series. It has 7 strings, a 25 ½ “ scale length, mahogany body and neck, ebony fingerboard, Buzz Feiten Tuning System, full access neck, Super Jumbo frets, Tune-o-matic with string through bridge, Grover 18:1 tuners, Duncan Solar pickups, 3 way toggle switch and coil cut.

This range all look ‘very’ metal and have a lot of features to make high gain riffing something that should be easy to achieve. Ola England is known for his playing in bands The Haunted and before that Six Feet Under. So his influence and experience on this range shines through all the guitars. They are also a pretty fun, cool-looking modern take on the ’50s classic Gibson Flying V!

Prices are as follows:

PX-SOLAR160FR – GPB £605 RRP ex VAT
PX-SOLAR170C – GPB £575 RRP ex VAT
PX-SOLARV16ET – GPB £780 RRP ex VAT

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